女子力

for this entry I guess first I would have to reel anyone that is reading in the concept of  女子力(joushiryoku) means girl power, but not on the way it is usually implied in English it means how womanlike qualities you can display. In other words, your power level on women stereotypes  and cliches, you cook good food, understand people's feelings, etc. On a random note since I am teaching random junk a good way to remember the kanji for woman if you know hiragana is to just write the kana for kunoichi one on top of another   く then  ノ then  一 and you get the kanji for woman... and that is where the name for female ninjas come from.

Now back to the topic this week I was called to the Niigata University of Information to play in their Tanabata fest, their brass band has very few members so they call people from all over to help which in turn makes it a lot of fun, anyways one girl sax players was talking during lunch about how distance was an issue in relationships and I told her "distance" itself is not the issue it is not about living with your partner but not being able to meet them when you want to, she always takes jabs at me for being big so she tells me "oh you got a 5 months belly" then I just tell her "yeah, it's already kicking and everything!" then she goes "you know when babies are supposed to kick" well yeah... that is common knowledge, She is like "no no.. I am a nurse! men normally don't know that!". Last year I played  in the graduation ceremony for this University and it was cool mostly because they also called this really cute flute player and she was there for this one too! Now I got her name and she is also taking part in another concert with me later! looking good! Anyhow, thanks to the sax player, there is a rumor that I am knowledgeable about women issues!